// Copyright  2004-2008 Backplane Ltd.
//
// This file is part of Ubiquity formsPlayer
//
// Ubiquity formsPlayer is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
// under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
// Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
// option) any later version.
//
// Ubiquity formsPlayer is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
// more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with Ubiquity formsPlayer If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//	
//
//   Purpose:  comparing xml nodes for equality..
//   $Id$


//<summary>compares two nodes for downward equality</summary>
//<param name="bDeep">
//	if true, tests the nodes and all of their descendents.
//	if false, just tests for name equality and attributes if applicable.
//</param>
bool isEqualNode(IXMLDOMNode * pNodeLHS, IXMLDOMNode * pNodeRHS,bool bDeep = true);
//<summary>compares the atribute lists of two nodes</summary>
bool compareAttrList(IXMLDOMNode * pElLHS,IXMLDOMNode * pElRHS);
//<summary>compares teh names of two nodes</summary>
//<returns>
//	true iff both name and namespaceURI are equal, otherwise false.
//</returns>
bool compareNames(IXMLDOMNode * pNodeLHS,IXMLDOMNode * pNodeRHS);
//<summary>compares two nodelists using isEqualNode</summary>
//<param name="bDeep">
//	if true, tests the nodes and all of their descendents.
//	if false, just tests for name equality and attributes if applicable.
//</param>
bool compareNodeLists(IXMLDOMNodeList * pNlLHS,IXMLDOMNodeList * pNlRHS, bool bDeep);